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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Timothy M. Swager, Newton, MA (US);
Katherine A. Mirica, Waltham, MA (US);
Joseph M. Azzarelli, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jonathan G. Weis, Somerville, MA (US);
Jan Schnorr, Cambridge, MA (US);
Birgit Esser, Bonn, DE;
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods described herein may be useful in the fabrication and/or screening of devices (e.g., sensors, circuits, etc.) including conductive materials. In some embodiments, a conductive material is formed on a substrate using mechanical abrasion. The methods described herein may be useful in fabricating sensors, circuits, tags for remotely-monitored sensors or human/object labeling and tracking, among other devices. In some cases, devices for determining analytes are also provided.